Annotation of html5/spec-author-view/the-button-element.html, revision 1.276

1.187     mike        1: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"><!-- when publishing, change bits marked ZZZ --><html class="split chapter" lang="en-US-x-Hixie"><meta content="text/html; charset=ascii" http-equiv="Content-Type"><title>4.10.8 The button element &mdash; HTML5 (Edition for Web Authors)</title><link href="whatwg.css" rel="stylesheet"><style type="text/css">
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1.121     mike      184: 
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1.9       mike      228:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody + tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: double 3px; }
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1.11      mike      232:    .details-example img { vertical-align: top; }
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1.26      mike      234:    #named-character-references-table {
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1.257     mike      247:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr#entity-CounterClockwiseContourIntegral > td:first-child { font-size: 0.5em; }
1.26      mike      248: 
1.35      mike      249:    .glyph.control { color: red; }
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1.38      mike      251:    @font-face {
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                    271: 
1.25      mike      272:   </style><link href="data:text/css," id="complete" rel="stylesheet" title="Complete specification"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20%7B%20display:%20none;%20%7D%0Ahtml%20%7B%20border:%20solid%20yellow;%20%7D%20.domintro:before%20%7B%20display:%20none;%20%7D" id="author" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Author documentation only"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20%7B%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20%7D%20.domintro:before%20%7B%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20%7D" id="highlight" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Highlight implementation requirements"><script type="text/javascript">
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1.9       mike      281:    }
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1.160     mike      308: </script><link href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-ED" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet"><script src="link-fixup.js"></script><link href="common-input-element-attributes.html" rel="prev" title="4.10.7.2 Common input element attributes">
                    309:   <link href="Overview.html#contents" rel="index" title="Table of contents">
                    310:   <link href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html" rel="next" title="4.10.18 Association of controls and forms">
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1.9       mike      312:    <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
1.36      mike      313: 
1.276   ! mike      314:    <h1>HTML5 (Edition for Web Authors)<span class="rcsrevision"> revision 1.4467</span></h1>
1.9       mike      315:    </div><div>
1.160     mike      316:    <a href="common-input-element-attributes.html">&larr; 4.10.7.2 Common input element attributes</a> &ndash;
                    317:    <a href="Overview.html#contents">Table of contents</a> &ndash;
                    318:    <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html">4.10.18 Association of controls and forms &rarr;</a>
                    319:   <ol class="toc"><li><ol><li><ol><li><a href="the-button-element.html#the-button-element" id="x4.10.8-the-button-element"><span class="secno">4.10.8 </span>The <code>button</code> element</a><li><a href="the-button-element.html#the-select-element" id="x4.10.9-the-select-element"><span class="secno">4.10.9 </span>The <code>select</code> element</a><li><a href="the-button-element.html#the-datalist-element" id="x4.10.10-the-datalist-element"><span class="secno">4.10.10 </span>The <code>datalist</code> element</a><li><a href="the-button-element.html#the-optgroup-element" id="x4.10.11-the-optgroup-element"><span class="secno">4.10.11 </span>The <code>optgroup</code> element</a><li><a href="the-button-element.html#the-option-element" id="x4.10.12-the-option-element"><span class="secno">4.10.12 </span>The <code>option</code> element</a><li><a href="the-button-element.html#the-textarea-element" id="x4.10.13-the-textarea-element"><span class="secno">4.10.13 </span>The <code>textarea</code> element</a><li><a href="the-button-element.html#the-keygen-element" id="x4.10.14-the-keygen-element"><span class="secno">4.10.14 </span>The <code>keygen</code> element</a><li><a href="the-button-element.html#the-output-element" id="x4.10.15-the-output-element"><span class="secno">4.10.15 </span>The <code>output</code> element</a><li><a href="the-button-element.html#the-progress-element" id="x4.10.16-the-progress-element"><span class="secno">4.10.16 </span>The <code>progress</code> element</a><li><a href="the-button-element.html#the-meter-element" id="x4.10.17-the-meter-element"><span class="secno">4.10.17 </span>The <code>meter</code> element</a></ol></ol></ol></div>
1.156     mike      320: 
1.202     mike      321:   <h4 id="the-button-element"><span class="secno">4.10.8 </span>The <dfn><code>button</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.258     mike      322:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content-123">Flow content</a>.</dd>
                    323:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-130">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.156     mike      324:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#interactive-content" id="interactive-content-14">Interactive content</a>.</dd>
1.202     mike      325:    <dd><a href="forms.html#category-listed" id="category-listed-5" title="category-listed">Listed</a>, <a href="forms.html#category-label" id="category-label-3" title="category-label">labelable</a>, and <a href="forms.html#category-submit" id="category-submit-4" title="category-submit">submittable</a> <a href="forms.html#form-associated-element" id="form-associated-element-9">form-associated element</a>.</dd>
1.203     mike      326:    <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.258     mike      327:    <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-131">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.9       mike      328:    <dt>Content model:</dt>
1.258     mike      329:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-132">Phrasing content</a>, but there must be no <a href="content-models.html#interactive-content" id="interactive-content-15">interactive content</a> descendant.</dd>
1.9       mike      330:    <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.258     mike      331:    <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes-86">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.156     mike      332:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-autofocus"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-autofocus" id="autofocus-1">autofocus</a></code></dd>
                    333:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-disabled"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-disabled" id="disabled-12">disabled</a></code></dd>
1.262     mike      334:    <dd><code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-49">form</a></code></dd>
1.156     mike      335:    <dd><code title="attr-fs-formaction"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formaction" id="formaction-26">formaction</a></code></dd>
                    336:    <dd><code title="attr-fs-formenctype"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formenctype" id="formenctype-26">formenctype</a></code></dd>
                    337:    <dd><code title="attr-fs-formmethod"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formmethod" id="formmethod-26">formmethod</a></code></dd>
                    338:    <dd><code title="attr-fs-formnovalidate"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formnovalidate" id="formnovalidate-27">formnovalidate</a></code></dd>
                    339:    <dd><code title="attr-fs-formtarget"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formtarget" id="formtarget-26">formtarget</a></code></dd>
                    340:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-name" id="name-37">name</a></code></dd>
1.213     mike      341:    <dd><code title="attr-button-type"><a href="#attr-button-type" id="type-75">type</a></code></dd>
1.255     mike      342:    <dd><code title="attr-button-value"><a href="#attr-button-value" id="value-30">value</a></code></dd>
1.9       mike      343:    <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
                    344:    <dd>
1.258     mike      345: <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlbuttonelement">HTMLButtonElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-94">HTMLElement</a> {
1.162     mike      346:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-autofocus" title='Read about this "autofocus" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>autofocus</a>;
                    347:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-disabled" title='Read about this "disabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>disabled</a>;
                    348:   readonly attribute <a href="forms.html#htmlformelement" id="htmlformelement-5">HTMLFormElement</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fae-form" title='Read about this "form" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>form</a>;
                    349:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fs-formaction" title='Read about this "formAction" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>formAction</a>;
                    350:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fs-formenctype" title='Read about this "formEnctype" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>formEnctype</a>;
                    351:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fs-formmethod" title='Read about this "formMethod" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>formMethod</a>;
                    352:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fs-formnovalidate" title='Read about this "formNoValidate" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>formNoValidate</a>;
                    353:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fs-formtarget" title='Read about this "formTarget" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>formTarget</a>;
                    354:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-name" title='Read about this "name" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>name</a>;
                    355:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-button-type" title='Read about this "type" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>type</a>;
                    356:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-button-value" title='Read about this "value" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>value</a>;
                    357: 
                    358:   readonly attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-willvalidate" title='Read about this "willValidate" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>willValidate</a>;
                    359:   readonly attribute <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#validitystate" title='Read about this "ValidityState" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>ValidityState</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-validity" title='Read about this "validity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>validity</a>;
                    360:   readonly attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-validationmessage" title='Read about this "validationMessage" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>validationMessage</a>;
                    361:   boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-checkvalidatity" title='Read about this "checkValidity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>checkValidity</a>();
                    362:   void <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-setcustomvalidity" title='Read about this "setCustomValidity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>setCustomValidity</a>(in DOMString error);
1.9       mike      363: 
1.162     mike      364:   readonly attribute <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#nodelist" title='Read about this "NodeList" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>NodeList</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#dom-lfe-labels" title='Read about this "labels" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>labels</a>;
1.9       mike      365: };</pre>
                    366:    </dd>
1.162     mike      367:   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-button-element" id="button-11">button</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> a
1.160     mike      368:   button. <p>The element is a <a href="forms.html#concept-button" id="concept-button-4" title="concept-button">button</a>.<p>The <dfn id="attr-button-type" title="attr-button-type"><code>type</code></dfn>
1.9       mike      369:   attribute controls the behavior of the button when it is activated.
1.156     mike      370:   It is an <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#enumerated-attribute" id="enumerated-attribute-8">enumerated attribute</a>. The following table
1.160     mike      371:   lists the keywords and states for the attribute &mdash; the keywords
1.9       mike      372:   in the left column map to the states in the cell in the second
1.160     mike      373:   column on the same row as the keyword.<table><thead><tr><th> Keyword
                    374:      <th> State
                    375:      <th> Brief description
                    376:    <tbody><tr><td><dfn id="attr-button-type-submit" title="attr-button-type-submit"><code>submit</code></dfn>
1.162     mike      377:      <td><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#attr-button-type-submit-state" title='Read about this "Submit Button" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Submit Button</a>
1.160     mike      378:      <td>Submits the form.
                    379:     <tr><td><dfn id="attr-button-type-reset" title="attr-button-type-reset"><code>reset</code></dfn>
1.162     mike      380:      <td><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#attr-button-type-reset-state" title='Read about this "Reset Button" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Reset Button</a>
1.160     mike      381:      <td>Resets the form.
                    382:     <tr><td><dfn id="attr-button-type-button" title="attr-button-type-button"><code>button</code></dfn>
1.162     mike      383:      <td><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#attr-button-type-button-state" title='Read about this "Button" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Button</a>
1.160     mike      384:      <td>Does nothing.
1.162     mike      385:   </table><p>The <i>missing value default</i> is the <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#attr-button-type-submit-state" title='Read about this "Submit Button" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Submit Button</a>
1.213     mike      386:   state.<p>If the <code title="attr-button-type"><a href="#attr-button-type" id="type-76">type</a></code> attribute is in
1.162     mike      387:   the <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#attr-button-type-submit-state" title='Read about this "Submit Button" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Submit Button</a>
1.262     mike      388:   state, the element is specifically a <a href="forms.html#concept-submit-button" id="concept-submit-button-2" title="concept-submit-button">submit button</a>.<p>The <code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-50">form</a></code> attribute is used to
1.156     mike      389:   explicitly associate the <code><a href="#the-button-element" id="button-12">button</a></code> element with its
                    390:   <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#form-owner" id="form-owner-8">form owner</a>. The <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-name" id="name-38">name</a></code>
                    391:   attribute represents the element's name. The <code title="attr-fe-disabled"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-disabled" id="disabled-13">disabled</a></code> attribute is used to make
1.9       mike      392:   the control non-interactive and to prevent its value from being
1.156     mike      393:   submitted. The <code title="attr-fe-autofocus"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-autofocus" id="autofocus-2">autofocus</a></code>
                    394:   attribute controls focus. The <code title="attr-fs-formaction"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formaction" id="formaction-27">formaction</a></code>, <code title="attr-fs-formenctype"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formenctype" id="formenctype-27">formenctype</a></code>, <code title="attr-fs-formmethod"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formmethod" id="formmethod-27">formmethod</a></code>, <code title="attr-fs-formnovalidate"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formnovalidate" id="formnovalidate-28">formnovalidate</a></code>, and <code title="attr-fs-formtarget"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formtarget" id="formtarget-27">formtarget</a></code> attributes are
1.160     mike      395:   <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attributes-for-form-submission" id="attributes-for-form-submission-3">attributes for form submission</a>.<p class="note">The <code title="attr-fs-formnovalidate"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formnovalidate" id="formnovalidate-29">formnovalidate</a></code> attribute can
1.9       mike      396:   be used to make submit buttons that do not trigger the constraint
1.160     mike      397:   validation.<p>The <code title="attr-fs-formaction"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formaction" id="formaction-28">formaction</a></code>, <code title="attr-fs-formenctype"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formenctype" id="formenctype-28">formenctype</a></code>, <code title="attr-fs-formmethod"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formmethod" id="formmethod-28">formmethod</a></code>, <code title="attr-fs-formnovalidate"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formnovalidate" id="formnovalidate-30">formnovalidate</a></code>, and <code title="attr-fs-formtarget"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fs-formtarget" id="formtarget-28">formtarget</a></code> must not be specified
1.213     mike      398:   if the element's <code title="attr-button-type"><a href="#attr-button-type" id="type-77">type</a></code>
1.162     mike      399:   attribute is not in the <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#attr-button-type-submit-state" title='Read about this "Submit Button" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Submit Button</a>
1.160     mike      400:   state.<p>The <dfn id="attr-button-value" title="attr-button-value"><code>value</code></dfn>
1.9       mike      401:   attribute gives the element's value for the purposes of form
1.162     mike      402:   submission. The element's <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#concept-fe-value" title='Read about this "value" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>value</a> is the value of the element's
1.255     mike      403:   <code title="attr-button-value"><a href="#attr-button-value" id="value-31">value</a></code> attribute, if there is
1.160     mike      404:   one, or the empty string otherwise.<p class="note">A button (and its value) is only included in the
1.9       mike      405:   form submission if the button itself was used to initiate the form
1.160     mike      406:   submission.<div class="example">
1.9       mike      407: 
                    408:    <p>The following button is labeled "Show hint" and pops up a dialog
                    409:    box when activated:</p>
                    410: 
                    411:    <pre>&lt;button type=button
                    412:         onclick="alert('This 15-20 minute piece was composed by George Gershwin.')"&gt;
                    413:  Show hint
                    414: &lt;/button&gt;</pre>
                    415: 
1.202     mike      416:   </div><h4 id="the-select-element"><span class="secno">4.10.9 </span>The <dfn><code>select</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.258     mike      417:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content-124">Flow content</a>.</dd>
                    418:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-133">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.156     mike      419:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#interactive-content" id="interactive-content-16">Interactive content</a>.</dd>
1.202     mike      420:    <dd><a href="forms.html#category-listed" id="category-listed-6" title="category-listed">Listed</a>, <a href="forms.html#category-label" id="category-label-4" title="category-label">labelable</a>, <a href="forms.html#category-submit" id="category-submit-5" title="category-submit">submittable</a>, and <a href="forms.html#category-reset" id="category-reset-2" title="category-reset">resettable</a> <a href="forms.html#form-associated-element" id="form-associated-element-10">form-associated element</a>.</dd>
1.203     mike      421:    <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.258     mike      422:    <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-134">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.9       mike      423:    <dt>Content model:</dt>
1.191     mike      424:    <dd>Zero or more <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-9">option</a></code> or <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element" id="optgroup-3">optgroup</a></code> elements.</dd>
1.9       mike      425:    <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.258     mike      426:    <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes-87">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.156     mike      427:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-autofocus"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-autofocus" id="autofocus-3">autofocus</a></code></dd>
                    428:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-disabled"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-disabled" id="disabled-14">disabled</a></code></dd>
1.262     mike      429:    <dd><code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-51">form</a></code></dd>
1.156     mike      430:    <dd><code title="attr-select-multiple"><a href="#attr-select-multiple" id="multiple-29">multiple</a></code></dd>
                    431:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-name" id="name-39">name</a></code></dd>
1.234     mike      432:    <dd><code title="attr-select-required"><a href="#attr-select-required" id="required-28">required</a></code></dd>
1.156     mike      433:    <dd><code title="attr-select-size"><a href="#attr-select-size" id="size-30">size</a></code></dd>
1.9       mike      434:    <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
                    435:    <dd>
1.258     mike      436: <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlselectelement">HTMLSelectElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-95">HTMLElement</a> {
1.162     mike      437:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-autofocus" title='Read about this "autofocus" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>autofocus</a>;
                    438:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-disabled" title='Read about this "disabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>disabled</a>;
                    439:   readonly attribute <a href="forms.html#htmlformelement" id="htmlformelement-6">HTMLFormElement</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fae-form" title='Read about this "form" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>form</a>;
                    440:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-multiple" title='Read about this "multiple" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>multiple</a>;
                    441:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-name" title='Read about this "name" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>name</a>;
1.165     mike      442:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-required" title='Read about this "required" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>required</a>;
1.162     mike      443:            attribute unsigned long <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-size" title='Read about this "size" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>size</a>;
1.160     mike      444: 
1.162     mike      445:   readonly attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-type" title='Read about this "type" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>type</a>;
1.160     mike      446: 
1.162     mike      447:   readonly attribute <a href="urls.html#htmloptionscollection" id="htmloptionscollection-3">HTMLOptionsCollection</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-options" title='Read about this "options" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>options</a>;
                    448:            attribute unsigned long <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-length" title='Read about this "length" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>length</a>;
                    449:   caller getter any <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-item" title='Read about this "item" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>item</a>(in unsigned long index);
                    450:   caller getter any <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-nameditem" title='Read about this "namedItem" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>namedItem</a>(in DOMString name);
1.258     mike      451:   void <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-add" title='Read about this "add" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>add</a>(in <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-96">HTMLElement</a> element, in optional <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-97">HTMLElement</a> before);
                    452:   void <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-add" title='Read about this "add" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>add</a>(in <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-98">HTMLElement</a> element, in long before);
1.162     mike      453:   void <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-remove" title='Read about this "remove" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>remove</a>(in long index);
                    454: 
1.202     mike      455:   readonly attribute <a href="urls.html#htmlcollection" id="htmlcollection-34">HTMLCollection</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-selectedoptions" title='Read about this "selectedOptions" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>selectedOptions</a>;
1.162     mike      456:            attribute long <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-selectedindex" title='Read about this "selectedIndex" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>selectedIndex</a>;
                    457:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-value" title='Read about this "value" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>value</a>;
                    458: 
                    459:   readonly attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-willvalidate" title='Read about this "willValidate" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>willValidate</a>;
                    460:   readonly attribute <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#validitystate" title='Read about this "ValidityState" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>ValidityState</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-validity" title='Read about this "validity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>validity</a>;
                    461:   readonly attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-validationmessage" title='Read about this "validationMessage" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>validationMessage</a>;
                    462:   boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-checkvalidatity" title='Read about this "checkValidity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>checkValidity</a>();
                    463:   void <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-setcustomvalidity" title='Read about this "setCustomValidity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>setCustomValidity</a>(in DOMString error);
1.9       mike      464: 
1.162     mike      465:   readonly attribute <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#nodelist" title='Read about this "NodeList" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>NodeList</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#dom-lfe-labels" title='Read about this "labels" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>labels</a>;
1.9       mike      466: };</pre>
                    467:    </dd>
                    468:   </dl><!-- Proposals for v2:
                    469:        * <select value=""> as an alternative to <option selected>
                    470:          http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=426306&cid=22142072
1.11      mike      471:          <Philip`> http://www.ipiao.com.cn/ does <select size="1" name="to"><script type="text/javascript">City_Default="PEK"</script><SCRIPT language=javascript
1.9       mike      472:                    src="/js/flightcity.js"></SCRIPT></select> which is the kind of thing that could be much simpler with <select value="PEK">
1.234     mike      473:     --><p>The <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-18">select</a></code> element represents a control for
1.160     mike      474:   selecting amongst a set of options.<p>The <dfn id="attr-select-multiple" title="attr-select-multiple"><code>multiple</code></dfn>
1.156     mike      475:   attribute is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute" id="boolean-attribute-13">boolean attribute</a>. If the attribute is
1.234     mike      476:   present, then the <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-19">select</a></code> element
1.162     mike      477:   <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> a control for selecting zero or more options
1.156     mike      478:   from the <a href="#concept-select-option-list" id="concept-select-option-list-1" title="concept-select-option-list">list of
1.9       mike      479:   options</a>. If the attribute is absent, then the
1.234     mike      480:   <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-20">select</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> a control for
1.160     mike      481:   selecting a single option from the <a href="#concept-select-option-list" id="concept-select-option-list-2" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</a>.<p>The <dfn id="attr-select-size" title="attr-select-size"><code>size</code></dfn>
1.156     mike      482:   attribute gives the number of options to show to the user. The <code title="attr-input-size"><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#attr-input-size" id="size-26">size</a></code> attribute, if specified, must
                    483:   have a value that is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#valid-non-negative-integer" id="valid-non-negative-integer-10">valid non-negative integer</a>
                    484:   greater than zero. If the <code title="attr-select-multiple"><a href="#attr-select-multiple" id="multiple-30">multiple</a></code> attribute is present,
                    485:   then the <code title="attr-input-size"><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#attr-input-size" id="size-27">size</a></code> attribute's
                    486:   default value is 4. If the <code title="attr-select-multiple"><a href="#attr-select-multiple" id="multiple-31">multiple</a></code> attribute is absent,
                    487:   then the <code title="attr-input-size"><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#attr-input-size" id="size-28">size</a></code> attribute's
1.160     mike      488:   default value is 1.<p>The <dfn id="concept-select-option-list" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</dfn>
1.234     mike      489:   for a <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-21">select</a></code> element consists of all the
                    490:   <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-10">option</a></code> element children of the <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-22">select</a></code>
1.191     mike      491:   element, and all the <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-11">option</a></code> element children of all the
1.234     mike      492:   <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element" id="optgroup-4">optgroup</a></code> element children of the <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-23">select</a></code>
1.160     mike      493:   element, in <a href="infrastructure.html#tree-order" id="tree-order-5">tree order</a>.<p>The <dfn id="attr-select-required" title="attr-select-required"><code>required</code></dfn>
1.156     mike      494:   attribute is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute" id="boolean-attribute-14">boolean attribute</a>. When specified, the
1.138     mike      495:   user will be required to select a value before submitting the
1.234     mike      496:   form.<p>If a <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-24">select</a></code> element has a <code title="attr-select-required"><a href="#attr-select-required" id="required-29">required</a></code> attribute specified,
1.156     mike      497:   does not have a <code title="attr-select-multiple"><a href="#attr-select-multiple" id="multiple-32">multiple</a></code>
1.162     mike      498:   attribute specified, and has a <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#concept-select-size" title='Read about this "display size" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>display size</a> of 1; and if the
1.156     mike      499:   <a href="#concept-option-value" id="concept-option-value-0" title="concept-option-value">value</a> of the first
1.234     mike      500:   <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-12">option</a></code> element in the <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-25">select</a></code> element's
1.156     mike      501:   <a href="#concept-select-option-list" id="concept-select-option-list-3" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</a> (if
1.191     mike      502:   any) is the empty string, and that <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-13">option</a></code> is not <a href="#concept-option-disabled" id="concept-option-disabled-0" title="concept-option-disabled">disabled</a>, and, finally, that
1.234     mike      503:   <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-14">option</a></code> element's parent node is the <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-26">select</a></code>
1.190     mike      504:   element (and not an <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element" id="optgroup-5">optgroup</a></code> element), then that
1.234     mike      505:   <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-15">option</a></code> is the <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-27">select</a></code> element's
1.262     mike      506:   <dfn id="placeholder-label-option">placeholder label option</dfn>.<p>The <code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-52">form</a></code> attribute is used to
1.234     mike      507:   explicitly associate the <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-28">select</a></code> element with its
1.156     mike      508:   <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#form-owner" id="form-owner-9">form owner</a>. The <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-name" id="name-40">name</a></code>
                    509:   attribute represents the element's name. The <code title="attr-fe-disabled"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-disabled" id="disabled-15">disabled</a></code> attribute is used to make
1.9       mike      510:   the control non-interactive and to prevent its value from being
1.156     mike      511:   submitted. The <code title="attr-fe-autofocus"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-autofocus" id="autofocus-4">autofocus</a></code>
1.162     mike      512:   attribute controls focus.<dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">select</var> . <code title="dom-select-type"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-type" title='Read about this "type" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>type</a></code></dt>
1.9       mike      513: 
                    514:    <dd>
                    515: 
                    516:     <p>Returns "<code title="">select-multiple</code>" if the element
1.156     mike      517:     has a <code title="attr-select-multiple"><a href="#attr-select-multiple" id="multiple-33">multiple</a></code>
1.9       mike      518:     attribute, and "<code title="">select-one</code>"
                    519:     otherwise.</p>
                    520: 
                    521:    </dd>
                    522: 
1.162     mike      523:    <dt><var title="">select</var> . <code title="dom-select-options"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-options" title='Read about this "options" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>options</a></code></dt>
1.9       mike      524: 
                    525:    <dd>
                    526: 
1.156     mike      527:     <p>Returns an <code><a href="urls.html#htmloptionscollection" id="htmloptionscollection-4">HTMLOptionsCollection</a></code> of the <a href="#concept-select-option-list" id="concept-select-option-list-4" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</a>.</p>
1.9       mike      528: 
                    529:    </dd>
                    530: 
1.162     mike      531:    <dt><var title="">select</var> . <code title="dom-select-length"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-length" title='Read about this "length" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>length</a></code> [ = <var title="">value</var> ]</dt>
1.9       mike      532:    <dd>
1.156     mike      533:     <p>Returns the number of elements in the <a href="#concept-select-option-list" id="concept-select-option-list-5" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</a>.</p>
1.234     mike      534:     <p>When set to a smaller number, truncates the number of <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-16">option</a></code> elements in the <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-29">select</a></code>.</p>
                    535:     <p>When set to a greater number, adds new blank <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-17">option</a></code> elements to the <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-30">select</a></code>.</p>
1.9       mike      536:    </dd>
                    537: 
1.162     mike      538:    <dt><var title="">element</var> = <var title="">select</var> . <code title="dom-select-item"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-item" title='Read about this "item" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>item</a></code>(<var title="">index</var>)</dt>
1.9       mike      539:    <dt><var title="">select</var>[<var title="">index</var>]</dt>
                    540:    <dt><var title="">select</var>(<var title="">index</var>)</dt>
                    541:    <dd>
1.156     mike      542:     <p>Returns the item with index <var title="">index</var> from the <a href="#concept-select-option-list" id="concept-select-option-list-6" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</a>. The items are sorted in <a href="infrastructure.html#tree-order" id="tree-order-6">tree order</a>.</p>
1.9       mike      543:     <p>Returns null if <var title="">index</var> is out of range.</p>
                    544:    </dd>
                    545: 
1.162     mike      546:    <dt><var title="">element</var> = <var title="">select</var> . <code title="dom-select-item"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-item" title='Read about this "namedItem" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>namedItem</a></code>(<var title="">name</var>)</dt>
1.9       mike      547:    <dt><var title="">select</var>[<var title="">name</var>]</dt>
                    548:    <dt><var title="">select</var>(<var title="">name</var>)</dt>
                    549:    <dd>
1.201     mike      550:     <p>Returns the item with <a href="elements.html#concept-id" id="concept-id-17" title="concept-id">ID</a> or <code title="attr-option-name"><a href="obsolete.html#attr-option-name" id="name-59">name</a></code> <var title="">name</var> from the <a href="#concept-select-option-list" id="concept-select-option-list-7" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</a>.</p>
1.162     mike      551:     <p>If there are multiple matching items, then a <code><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#nodelist" title='Read about this "NodeList" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>NodeList</a></code> object containing all those elements is returned.</p>
1.201     mike      552:     <p>Returns null if no element with that <a href="elements.html#concept-id" id="concept-id-18" title="concept-id">ID</a> could be found.</p>
1.9       mike      553:    </dd>
                    554: 
1.162     mike      555:    <dt><var title="">select</var> . <code title="dom-select-add"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-add" title='Read about this "add" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>add</a></code>(<var title="">element</var> [, <var title="">before</var> ])</dt>
1.9       mike      556:    <dd>
                    557:     <p>Inserts <var title="">element</var> before the node given by <var title="">before</var>.</p>
                    558:     <p>The <var title="">before</var> argument can be a number, in
                    559:     which case <var title="">element</var> is inserted before the item
1.156     mike      560:     with that number, or an element from the <a href="#concept-select-option-list" id="concept-select-option-list-8" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</a>, in
1.9       mike      561:     which case <var title="">element</var> is inserted before that
                    562:     element.</p>
                    563:     <p>If <var title="">before</var> is omitted, null, or a number out
                    564:     of range, then <var title="">element</var> will be added at the
                    565:     end of the list.</p>
1.156     mike      566:     <p>This method will throw a <code><a href="urls.html#hierarchy_request_err" id="hierarchy_request_err-5">HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR</a></code>
1.9       mike      567:     exception if <var title="">element</var> is an ancestor of the
1.191     mike      568:     element into which it is to be inserted. If <var title="">element</var> is not an <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-18">option</a></code> or
1.190     mike      569:     <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element" id="optgroup-6">optgroup</a></code> element, then the method does nothing.</p>
1.9       mike      570:    </dd>
                    571: 
1.162     mike      572:    <dt><var title="">select</var> . <code title="dom-select-selectedOptions"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-selectedoptions" title='Read about this "selectedOptions" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>selectedOptions</a></code></dt>
1.9       mike      573: 
                    574:    <dd>
                    575: 
1.202     mike      576:     <p>Returns an <code><a href="urls.html#htmlcollection" id="htmlcollection-35">HTMLCollection</a></code> of the <a href="#concept-select-option-list" id="concept-select-option-list-9" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</a> that are
1.9       mike      577:     selected.</p>
                    578: 
                    579:    </dd>
                    580: 
1.162     mike      581:    <dt><var title="">select</var> . <code title="dom-select-selectedIndex"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-selectedindex" title='Read about this "selectedIndex" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>selectedIndex</a></code> [ = <var title="">value</var> ]</dt>
1.9       mike      582: 
                    583:    <dd>
                    584: 
                    585:     <p>Returns the index of the first selected item, if any, or
1.160     mike      586:     &minus;1 if there is no selected item.</p>
1.9       mike      587: 
                    588:     <p>Can be set, to change the selection.</p>
                    589: 
                    590:    </dd>
                    591: 
1.162     mike      592:    <dt><var title="">select</var> . <code title="dom-select-value"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-value" title='Read about this "value" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>value</a></code> [ = <var title="">value</var> ]</dt>
1.9       mike      593: 
                    594:    <dd>
                    595: 
1.162     mike      596:     <p>Returns the <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#concept-fe-value" title='Read about this "value" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>value</a> of the
1.9       mike      597:     first selected item, if any, or the empty string if there is no
                    598:     selected item.</p>
                    599: 
                    600:     <p>Can be set, to change the selection.</p>
                    601: 
                    602:    </dd>
                    603: 
                    604:   </dl><div class="example">
                    605: 
1.234     mike      606:    <p>The following example shows how a <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-31">select</a></code> element
1.9       mike      607:    can be used to offer the user with a set of options from which the
                    608:    user can select a single option. The default option is
                    609:    preselected.</p>
                    610: 
                    611:    <pre>&lt;p&gt;
                    612:  &lt;label for="unittype"&gt;Select unit type:&lt;/label&gt;
                    613:  &lt;select id="unittype" name="unittype"&gt;
                    614:   &lt;option value="1"&gt; Miner &lt;/option&gt;
                    615:   &lt;option value="2"&gt; Puffer &lt;/option&gt;
                    616:   &lt;option value="3" selected&gt; Snipey &lt;/option&gt;
                    617:   &lt;option value="4"&gt; Max &lt;/option&gt;
                    618:   &lt;option value="5"&gt; Firebot &lt;/option&gt;
                    619:  &lt;/select&gt;
                    620: &lt;/p&gt;</pre>
                    621: 
                    622:   </div><div class="example">
                    623: 
                    624:    <p>Here, the user is offered a set of options from which he can
                    625:    select any number. By default, all five options are selected.</p>
                    626: 
                    627:    <pre>&lt;p&gt;
                    628:  &lt;label for="allowedunits"&gt;Select unit types to enable on this map:&lt;/label&gt;
                    629:  &lt;select id="allowedunits" name="allowedunits" multiple&gt;
                    630:   &lt;option value="1" selected&gt; Miner &lt;/option&gt;
                    631:   &lt;option value="2" selected&gt; Puffer &lt;/option&gt;
                    632:   &lt;option value="3" selected&gt; Snipey &lt;/option&gt;
                    633:   &lt;option value="4" selected&gt; Max &lt;/option&gt;
                    634:   &lt;option value="5" selected&gt; Firebot &lt;/option&gt;
                    635:  &lt;/select&gt;
                    636: &lt;/p&gt;</pre>
                    637: 
1.202     mike      638:   </div><h4 id="the-datalist-element"><span class="secno">4.10.10 </span>The <dfn><code>datalist</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.258     mike      639:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content-125">Flow content</a>.</dd>
                    640:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-135">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.203     mike      641:    <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.258     mike      642:    <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-136">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.9       mike      643:    <dt>Content model:</dt>
1.258     mike      644:    <dd>Either: <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-137">phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.191     mike      645:    <dd>Or: Zero or more <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-19">option</a></code> elements.</dd>
1.9       mike      646:    <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.258     mike      647:    <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes-88">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.9       mike      648:    <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
                    649:    <dd>
1.258     mike      650: <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmldatalistelement">HTMLDataListElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-99">HTMLElement</a> {
1.202     mike      651:   readonly attribute <a href="urls.html#htmlcollection" id="htmlcollection-36">HTMLCollection</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-datalist-options" title='Read about this "options" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>options</a>;
1.9       mike      652: };</pre>
                    653:    </dd>
1.156     mike      654:   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-datalist-element" id="datalist-13">datalist</a></code> element represents a set of
1.191     mike      655:   <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-20">option</a></code> elements that represent predefined options for
1.9       mike      656:   other controls. The contents of the element represents fallback
1.191     mike      657:   content for legacy user agents, intermixed with <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-21">option</a></code>
1.9       mike      658:   elements that represent the predefined options. In the rendering,
1.162     mike      659:   the <code><a href="#the-datalist-element" id="datalist-14">datalist</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a>
1.160     mike      660:   nothing.<p>The <code><a href="#the-datalist-element" id="datalist-15">datalist</a></code> element is hooked up to an
1.234     mike      661:   <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element" id="input-117">input</a></code> element using the <code title="attr-input-list"><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#attr-input-list" id="list-29">list</a></code> attribute on the
                    662:   <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element" id="input-118">input</a></code> element. <!-- v2DATAGRID The
1.9       mike      663:   <code>datalist</code> element can also be used with a
                    664:   <code>datagrid</code> element, as the source of autocompletion hints
                    665:   for <code title="datagrid-type-editable">editable</code>
1.191     mike      666:   cells. --><p>Each <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-22">option</a></code> element that is a descendant of the
1.156     mike      667:   <code><a href="#the-datalist-element" id="datalist-16">datalist</a></code> element, that is not <a href="#concept-option-disabled" id="concept-option-disabled-1" title="concept-option-disabled">disabled</a>, and whose <a href="#concept-option-value" id="concept-option-value-1" title="concept-option-value">value</a> is a string that isn't the
                    668:   empty string, represents a suggestion. Each suggestion has a <a href="#concept-option-value" id="concept-option-value-2" title="concept-option-value">value</a> and a <a href="#concept-option-label" id="concept-option-label-0" title="concept-option-label">label</a>.
1.9       mike      669: 
1.162     mike      670:   <dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">datalist</var> . <code title="dom-datalist-options"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-datalist-options" title='Read about this "options" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>options</a></code></dt>
1.9       mike      671: 
                    672:    <dd>
1.202     mike      673:     <p>Returns an <code><a href="urls.html#htmlcollection" id="htmlcollection-37">HTMLCollection</a></code> of the <code>options</code> elements of the table.</p>
1.9       mike      674:    </dd>
                    675: 
1.202     mike      676:   </dl><h4 id="the-optgroup-element"><span class="secno">4.10.11 </span>The <dfn><code>optgroup</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.9       mike      677:    <dd>None.</dd>
1.203     mike      678:    <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.234     mike      679:    <dd>As a child of a <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-32">select</a></code> element.</dd>
1.9       mike      680:    <dt>Content model:</dt>
1.191     mike      681:    <dd>Zero or more <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-23">option</a></code> elements.</dd>
1.9       mike      682:    <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.258     mike      683:    <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes-89">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.156     mike      684:    <dd><code title="attr-optgroup-disabled"><a href="#attr-optgroup-disabled" id="disabled-3">disabled</a></code></dd>
1.203     mike      685:    <dd><code title="attr-optgroup-label"><a href="#attr-optgroup-label" id="label-27">label</a></code></dd>
1.9       mike      686:    <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
                    687:    <dd>
1.258     mike      688: <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmloptgroupelement">HTMLOptGroupElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-100">HTMLElement</a> {
1.162     mike      689:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-optgroup-disabled" title='Read about this "disabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>disabled</a>;
                    690:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-optgroup-label" title='Read about this "label" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>label</a>;
1.9       mike      691: };</pre>
                    692:    </dd>
1.190     mike      693:   </dl><!-- v2: make optgroups selectable if they have a value. --><p>The <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element" id="optgroup-7">optgroup</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> a group of
1.191     mike      694:   <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-24">option</a></code> elements with a common label.<p>The element's group of <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-25">option</a></code> elements consists of
                    695:   the <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-26">option</a></code> elements that are children of the
1.190     mike      696:   <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element" id="optgroup-8">optgroup</a></code> element.<p>The <dfn id="attr-optgroup-disabled" title="attr-optgroup-disabled"><code>disabled</code></dfn> attribute
1.156     mike      697:   is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute" id="boolean-attribute-15">boolean attribute</a> and can be used to <a href="#concept-option-disabled" id="concept-option-disabled-2" title="concept-option-disabled">disable</a> a group of
1.191     mike      698:   <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-27">option</a></code> elements together.<p>The <dfn id="attr-optgroup-label" title="attr-optgroup-label"><code>label</code></dfn>
1.9       mike      699:   attribute must be specified. Its value gives the name of the group,
1.160     mike      700:   for the purposes of the user interface. <div class="example">
1.9       mike      701: 
                    702:    <p>The following snippet shows how a set of lessons from three
1.234     mike      703:    courses could be offered in a <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-33">select</a></code> drop-down
1.9       mike      704:    widget:</p>
                    705: 
                    706:    <pre>&lt;form action="courseselector.dll" method="get"&gt;
                    707:  &lt;p&gt;Which course would you like to watch today?
                    708:  &lt;p&gt;&lt;label&gt;Course:
                    709:   &lt;select name="c"&gt;
                    710:    &lt;optgroup label="8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics"&gt;
                    711:     &lt;option value="8.01.1"&gt;Lecture 01: Powers of Ten
                    712:     &lt;option value="8.01.2"&gt;Lecture 02: 1D Kinematics
                    713:     &lt;option value="8.01.3"&gt;Lecture 03: Vectors
                    714:    &lt;optgroup label="8.02 Electricity and Magnestism"&gt;
                    715:     &lt;option value="8.02.1"&gt;Lecture 01: What holds our world together?
                    716:     &lt;option value="8.02.2"&gt;Lecture 02: Electric Field
                    717:     &lt;option value="8.02.3"&gt;Lecture 03: Electric Flux
                    718:    &lt;optgroup label="8.03 Physics III: Vibrations and Waves"&gt;
                    719:     &lt;option value="8.03.1"&gt;Lecture 01: Periodic Phenomenon
                    720:     &lt;option value="8.03.2"&gt;Lecture 02: Beats
                    721:     &lt;option value="8.03.3"&gt;Lecture 03: Forced Oscillations with Damping
                    722:   &lt;/select&gt;
                    723:  &lt;/label&gt;
1.55      mike      724:  &lt;p&gt;&lt;input type=submit value="&#9654; Play"&gt;
1.9       mike      725: &lt;/form&gt;</pre>
                    726: 
1.202     mike      727:   </div><h4 id="the-option-element"><span class="secno">4.10.12 </span>The <dfn><code>option</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.9       mike      728:    <dd>None.</dd>
1.203     mike      729:    <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.234     mike      730:    <dd>As a child of a <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-34">select</a></code> element.</dd>
1.156     mike      731:    <dd>As a child of a <code><a href="#the-datalist-element" id="datalist-17">datalist</a></code> element.</dd>
1.190     mike      732:    <dd>As a child of an <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element" id="optgroup-9">optgroup</a></code> element.</dd>
1.9       mike      733:    <dt>Content model:</dt>
1.156     mike      734:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#text-content" id="text-content-4" title="text content">Text</a>.</dd>
1.9       mike      735:    <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.258     mike      736:    <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes-90">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.156     mike      737:    <dd><code title="attr-option-disabled"><a href="#attr-option-disabled" id="disabled-6">disabled</a></code></dd>
1.203     mike      738:    <dd><code title="attr-option-label"><a href="#attr-option-label" id="label-29">label</a></code></dd>
1.156     mike      739:    <dd><code title="attr-option-selected"><a href="#attr-option-selected" id="selected-0">selected</a></code></dd>
1.255     mike      740:    <dd><code title="attr-option-value"><a href="#attr-option-value" id="value-34">value</a></code></dd>
1.9       mike      741:    <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
                    742:    <dd>
1.162     mike      743: <pre class="idl">[NamedConstructor=<a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option" title='Read about this "Option" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Option</a>(),
                    744:  NamedConstructor=<a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-t" title='Read about this "Option" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Option</a>(in DOMString text),
                    745:  NamedConstructor=<a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-tv" title='Read about this "Option" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Option</a>(in DOMString text, in DOMString value),
                    746:  NamedConstructor=<a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-tvd" title='Read about this "Option" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Option</a>(in DOMString text, in DOMString value, in boolean defaultSelected),
                    747:  NamedConstructor=<a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-tvds" title='Read about this "Option" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Option</a>(in DOMString text, in DOMString value, in boolean defaultSelected, in boolean selected)]
1.258     mike      748: interface <dfn id="htmloptionelement">HTMLOptionElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-101">HTMLElement</a> {
1.162     mike      749:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-disabled" title='Read about this "disabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>disabled</a>;
                    750:   readonly attribute <a href="forms.html#htmlformelement" id="htmlformelement-7">HTMLFormElement</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-form" title='Read about this "form" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>form</a>;
                    751:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-label" title='Read about this "label" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>label</a>;
                    752:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-defaultselected" title='Read about this "defaultSelected" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>defaultSelected</a>;
                    753:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-selected" title='Read about this "selected" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>selected</a>;
                    754:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-value" title='Read about this "value" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>value</a>;
1.9       mike      755: 
1.162     mike      756:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-text" title='Read about this "text" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>text</a>;
                    757:   readonly attribute long <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-index" title='Read about this "index" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>index</a>;
1.9       mike      758: };</pre>
                    759:    </dd>
1.191     mike      760:   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-28">option</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> an option
1.234     mike      761:   in a <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-35">select</a></code> element or as part of a list of suggestions
1.160     mike      762:   in a <code><a href="#the-datalist-element" id="datalist-18">datalist</a></code> element.<p>In certain circumstances described in the definition of the
1.234     mike      763:   <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-36">select</a></code> element, an <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-29">option</a></code> element can be a
                    764:   <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-37">select</a></code> element's <a href="#placeholder-label-option" id="placeholder-label-option-0">placeholder label option</a>.
1.156     mike      765:   A <a href="#placeholder-label-option" id="placeholder-label-option-1">placeholder label option</a> does not represent an actual
1.234     mike      766:   option, but instead represents a label for the <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-38">select</a></code>
1.160     mike      767:   control.<p>The <dfn id="attr-option-disabled" title="attr-option-disabled"><code>disabled</code></dfn>
1.156     mike      768:   attribute is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute" id="boolean-attribute-16">boolean attribute</a>. An
1.191     mike      769:   <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-30">option</a></code> element is <dfn id="concept-option-disabled" title="concept-option-disabled">disabled</dfn> if its <code title="attr-option-disabled"><a href="#attr-option-disabled" id="disabled-7">disabled</a></code> attribute is present or
1.190     mike      770:   if it is a child of an <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element" id="optgroup-10">optgroup</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-optgroup-disabled"><a href="#attr-optgroup-disabled" id="disabled-4">disabled</a></code> attribute is
1.160     mike      771:   present.<p>The <dfn id="attr-option-label" title="attr-option-label"><code>label</code></dfn>
1.191     mike      772:   attribute provides a label for element. The <dfn id="concept-option-label" title="concept-option-label">label</dfn> of an <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-31">option</a></code>
1.203     mike      773:   element is the value of the <code title="attr-option-label"><a href="#attr-option-label" id="label-30">label</a></code> attribute, if there is one,
1.162     mike      774:   or the <code><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#textcontent" title='Read about this "textContent" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>textContent</a></code> of the element, if there isn't.<p>The <dfn id="attr-option-value" title="attr-option-value"><code>value</code></dfn>
1.191     mike      775:   attribute provides a value for element. The <dfn id="concept-option-value" title="concept-option-value">value</dfn> of an <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-32">option</a></code>
1.255     mike      776:   element is the value of the <code title="attr-option-value"><a href="#attr-option-value" id="value-35">value</a></code> attribute, if there is one,
1.162     mike      777:   or the <code><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#textcontent" title='Read about this "textContent" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>textContent</a></code> of the element, if there isn't.<p>The <dfn id="attr-option-selected" title="attr-option-selected"><code>selected</code></dfn>
                    778:   attribute represents the default <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#concept-option-selectedness" title='Read about this "selectedness" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>selectedness</a> of the
1.234     mike      779:   element.<p>A <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-39">select</a></code> element whose <code title="attr-select-multiple"><a href="#attr-select-multiple" id="multiple-34">multiple</a></code> attribute is not
1.191     mike      780:   specified must not have more than one descendant <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-33">option</a></code>
1.156     mike      781:   element with its <code title="attr-option-selected"><a href="#attr-option-selected" id="selected-1">selected</a></code>
1.162     mike      782:   attribute set.<dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">option</var> . <code title="dom-option-selected"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-selected" title='Read about this "selected" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>selected</a></code></dt>
1.9       mike      783: 
                    784:    <dd>
                    785: 
                    786:     <p>Returns true if the element is selected, and false otherwise.</p>
                    787: 
1.202     mike      788:     <p>Can be set, to override the current state of the element.</p>
                    789: 
1.9       mike      790:    </dd>
                    791: 
1.162     mike      792:    <dt><var title="">option</var> . <code title="dom-option-index"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-index" title='Read about this "index" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>index</a></code></dt>
1.9       mike      793: 
                    794:    <dd>
                    795: 
1.234     mike      796:     <p>Returns the index of the element in its <code><a href="#the-select-element" id="select-40">select</a></code>
1.162     mike      797:     element's <code title="dom-select-options"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-select-options" title='Read about this "options" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>options</a></code>
1.9       mike      798:     list.</p>
                    799: 
                    800:    </dd>
                    801: 
1.162     mike      802:    <dt><var title="">option</var> . <code title="dom-option-form"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-form" title='Read about this "form" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>form</a></code></dt>
1.9       mike      803: 
                    804:    <dd>
                    805: 
1.262     mike      806:     <p>Returns the element's <code><a href="forms.html#the-form-element" id="form-22">form</a></code> element, if any, or
1.9       mike      807:     null otherwise.</p>
                    808: 
                    809:    </dd>
                    810: 
1.162     mike      811:    <dt><var title="">option</var> . <code title="dom-option-text"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option-text" title='Read about this "text" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>text</a></code></dt>
1.11      mike      812: 
                    813:    <dd>
                    814: 
1.206     mike      815:     <p>Same as <code><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#textcontent" title='Read about this "textContent" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>textContent</a></code>, except that spaces are collapsed.</p>
1.11      mike      816: 
                    817:    </dd>
                    818: 
1.162     mike      819:    <dt><var title="">option</var> = new <code title="dom-option"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-option" title='Read about this "Option" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Option</a></code>( [ <var title="">text</var> [, <var title="">value</var> [, <var title="">defaultSelected</var> [, <var title="">selected</var> ] ] ] ] )</dt>
1.9       mike      820: 
                    821:    <dd>
                    822: 
1.191     mike      823:     <p>Returns a new <code><a href="#the-option-element" id="option-34">option</a></code> element.</p>
1.9       mike      824: 
                    825:     <p>The <var title="">text</var> argument sets the contents of the element.</p>
1.255     mike      826:     <p>The <var title="">value</var> argument sets the <code title="attr-option-value"><a href="#attr-option-value" id="value-36">value</a></code> attribute.</p>
1.156     mike      827:     <p>The <var title="">defaultSelected</var> argument sets the <code title="attr-option-selected"><a href="#attr-option-selected" id="selected-2">selected</a></code> attribute.</p>
1.9       mike      828:     <p>The <var title="">selected</var> argument sets whether or not the element is selected. If it is omitted, even if the <var title="">defaultSelected</var> argument is true, the element is not selected.</p>
                    829: 
                    830:    </dd>
                    831: 
1.202     mike      832:   </dl><h4 id="the-textarea-element"><span class="secno">4.10.13 </span>The <dfn><code>textarea</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.258     mike      833:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content-126">Flow content</a>.</dd>
                    834:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-138">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.156     mike      835:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#interactive-content" id="interactive-content-17">Interactive content</a>.</dd>
1.202     mike      836:    <dd><a href="forms.html#category-listed" id="category-listed-7" title="category-listed">Listed</a>, <a href="forms.html#category-label" id="category-label-5" title="category-label">labelable</a>, <a href="forms.html#category-submit" id="category-submit-6" title="category-submit">submittable</a>, and <a href="forms.html#category-reset" id="category-reset-3" title="category-reset">resettable</a> <a href="forms.html#form-associated-element" id="form-associated-element-11">form-associated element</a>.</dd>
1.203     mike      837:    <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.258     mike      838:    <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-139">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.9       mike      839:    <dt>Content model:</dt>
1.156     mike      840:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#text-content" id="text-content-5" title="text content">Text</a>.</dd>
1.9       mike      841:    <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.258     mike      842:    <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes-91">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.156     mike      843:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-autofocus"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-autofocus" id="autofocus-5">autofocus</a></code></dd>
                    844:    <dd><code title="attr-textarea-cols"><a href="#attr-textarea-cols" id="cols">cols</a></code></dd>
                    845:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-disabled"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-disabled" id="disabled-16">disabled</a></code></dd>
1.262     mike      846:    <dd><code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-53">form</a></code></dd>
1.156     mike      847:    <dd><code title="attr-textarea-maxlength"><a href="#attr-textarea-maxlength" id="maxlength-27">maxlength</a></code></dd>
                    848:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-name" id="name-41">name</a></code></dd>
                    849:    <dd><code title="attr-textarea-placeholder"><a href="#attr-textarea-placeholder" id="placeholder-28">placeholder</a></code></dd>
1.187     mike      850:    <dd><code title="attr-textarea-readonly"><a href="#attr-textarea-readonly" id="readonly-41">readonly</a></code></dd>
1.234     mike      851:    <dd><code title="attr-textarea-required"><a href="#attr-textarea-required" id="required-32">required</a></code></dd>
1.156     mike      852:    <dd><code title="attr-textarea-rows"><a href="#attr-textarea-rows" id="rows">rows</a></code></dd>
                    853:    <dd><code title="attr-textarea-wrap"><a href="#attr-textarea-wrap" id="wrap">wrap</a></code></dd>
1.9       mike      854:    <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
                    855:    <dd>
1.258     mike      856: <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmltextareaelement">HTMLTextAreaElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-102">HTMLElement</a> {
1.162     mike      857:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-autofocus" title='Read about this "autofocus" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>autofocus</a>;
                    858:            attribute unsigned long <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-textarea-cols" title='Read about this "cols" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>cols</a>;
                    859:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-disabled" title='Read about this "disabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>disabled</a>;
                    860:   readonly attribute <a href="forms.html#htmlformelement" id="htmlformelement-8">HTMLFormElement</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fae-form" title='Read about this "form" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>form</a>;
                    861:            attribute long <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-textarea-maxlength" title='Read about this "maxLength" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>maxLength</a>;
                    862:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-name" title='Read about this "name" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>name</a>;
                    863:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-textarea-placeholder" title='Read about this "placeholder" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>placeholder</a>;
                    864:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-textarea-readonly" title='Read about this "readOnly" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>readOnly</a>;
                    865:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-textarea-required" title='Read about this "required" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>required</a>;
                    866:            attribute unsigned long <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-textarea-rows" title='Read about this "rows" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>rows</a>;
                    867:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-textarea-wrap" title='Read about this "wrap" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>wrap</a>;
                    868: 
                    869:   readonly attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-textarea-type" title='Read about this "type" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>type</a>;
                    870:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-textarea-defaultvalue" title='Read about this "defaultValue" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>defaultValue</a>;
                    871:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-textarea-value" title='Read about this "value" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>value</a>;
                    872:   readonly attribute unsigned long <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-textarea-textlength" title='Read about this "textLength" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>textLength</a>;
                    873: 
                    874:   readonly attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-willvalidate" title='Read about this "willValidate" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>willValidate</a>;
                    875:   readonly attribute <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#validitystate" title='Read about this "ValidityState" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>ValidityState</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-validity" title='Read about this "validity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>validity</a>;
                    876:   readonly attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-validationmessage" title='Read about this "validationMessage" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>validationMessage</a>;
                    877:   boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-checkvalidatity" title='Read about this "checkValidity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>checkValidity</a>();
                    878:   void <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-setcustomvalidity" title='Read about this "setCustomValidity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>setCustomValidity</a>(in DOMString error);
                    879: 
                    880:   readonly attribute <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#nodelist" title='Read about this "NodeList" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>NodeList</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#dom-lfe-labels" title='Read about this "labels" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>labels</a>;
                    881: 
                    882:   void <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/editing.html#dom-textarea-input-select" title='Read about this "select" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>select</a>();
                    883:            attribute unsigned long <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/editing.html#dom-textarea-input-selectionstart" title='Read about this "selectionStart" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>selectionStart</a>;
                    884:            attribute unsigned long <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/editing.html#dom-textarea-input-selectionend" title='Read about this "selectionEnd" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>selectionEnd</a>;
                    885:   void <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/editing.html#dom-textarea-input-setselectionrange" title='Read about this "setSelectionRange" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>setSelectionRange</a>(in unsigned long start, in unsigned long end);
1.9       mike      886: };</pre>
                    887:    </dd>
1.234     mike      888:   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-textarea-element" id="textarea-22">textarea</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> a
1.9       mike      889:   multiline plain text edit control. The contents of the control represent the
1.160     mike      890:   control's default value.<p>The <dfn id="attr-textarea-readonly" title="attr-textarea-readonly"><code>readonly</code></dfn> attribute
1.156     mike      891:   is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute" id="boolean-attribute-17">boolean attribute</a> used to control whether the text
1.160     mike      892:   can be edited by the user or not.<p>The <dfn id="attr-textarea-cols" title="attr-textarea-cols"><code>cols</code></dfn>
1.9       mike      893:   attribute specifies the expected maximum number of characters per
1.156     mike      894:   line. If the <code title="attr-textarea-cols"><a href="#attr-textarea-cols" id="cols-0">cols</a></code> attribute
                    895:   is specified, its value must be a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#valid-non-negative-integer" id="valid-non-negative-integer-11">valid non-negative
1.160     mike      896:   integer</a> greater than zero. <p>The <dfn id="attr-textarea-rows" title="attr-textarea-rows"><code>rows</code></dfn>
1.156     mike      897:   attribute specifies the number of lines to show. If the <code title="attr-textarea-rows"><a href="#attr-textarea-rows" id="rows-0">rows</a></code> attribute is specified, its
                    898:   value must be a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#valid-non-negative-integer" id="valid-non-negative-integer-12">valid non-negative integer</a> greater than
1.160     mike      899:   zero. <p>The <dfn id="attr-textarea-wrap" title="attr-textarea-wrap"><code>wrap</code></dfn>
1.156     mike      900:   attribute is an <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#enumerated-attribute" id="enumerated-attribute-9">enumerated attribute</a> with two keywords
1.9       mike      901:   and states: the <dfn id="attr-textarea-wrap-soft" title="attr-textarea-wrap-soft"><code>soft</code></dfn> keyword
1.198     mike      902:   which maps to the <a href="#attr-textarea-wrap-soft-state" id="attr-textarea-wrap-soft-state-0" title="attr-textarea-wrap-soft-state">Soft</a> state, and the
1.9       mike      903:   <dfn id="attr-textarea-wrap-hard" title="attr-textarea-wrap-hard"><code>hard</code></dfn> keyword
1.198     mike      904:   which maps to the <a href="#attr-textarea-wrap-hard-state" id="attr-textarea-wrap-hard-state-0" title="attr-textarea-wrap-hard-state">Hard</a> state. The
                    905:   <i>missing value default</i> is the <a href="#attr-textarea-wrap-soft-state" id="attr-textarea-wrap-soft-state-1" title="attr-textarea-wrap-soft-state">Soft</a> state.<p>The <dfn id="attr-textarea-wrap-soft-state" title="attr-textarea-wrap-soft-state">Soft</dfn> state
1.234     mike      906:   indicates that the text in the <code><a href="#the-textarea-element" id="textarea-23">textarea</a></code> is not to be
1.198     mike      907:   wrapped when it is submitted (though it can still be wrapped in the
                    908:   rendering).<p>The <dfn id="attr-textarea-wrap-hard-state" title="attr-textarea-wrap-hard-state">Hard</dfn> state
1.234     mike      909:   indicates that the text in the <code><a href="#the-textarea-element" id="textarea-24">textarea</a></code> is to have
1.198     mike      910:   newlines added by the user agent so that the text is wrapped when it
                    911:   is submitted.<p>If the element's <code title="attr-textarea-wrap"><a href="#attr-textarea-wrap" id="wrap-0">wrap</a></code>
                    912:   attribute is in the <a href="#attr-textarea-wrap-hard-state" id="attr-textarea-wrap-hard-state-1" title="attr-textarea-wrap-hard-state">Hard</a> state, the <code title="attr-textarea-cols"><a href="#attr-textarea-cols" id="cols-1">cols</a></code> attribute must be
1.9       mike      913:   specified.</p><!-- attr-textarea-wrap-off (attr-textarea-wrap-off-state): not
                    914:   conforming; turns off the rendering of wrapping but otherwise acts
                    915:   like 'soft' --><p>The <dfn id="attr-textarea-maxlength" title="attr-textarea-maxlength"><code>maxlength</code></dfn>
1.156     mike      916:   attribute is a <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-maxlength" id="attr-fe-maxlength-1" title="attr-fe-maxlength">form control <code title="">maxlength</code> attribute</a> controlled by the
1.234     mike      917:   <code><a href="#the-textarea-element" id="textarea-25">textarea</a></code> element's <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#concept-textarea-dirty" title='Read about this "dirty value flag" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>dirty value flag</a>.<p>If the <code><a href="#the-textarea-element" id="textarea-26">textarea</a></code> element has a <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#maximum-allowed-value-length" id="maximum-allowed-value-length-2">maximum allowed
1.9       mike      918:   value length</a>, then the element's children must be such that
1.162     mike      919:   the <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/common-microsyntaxes.html#code-point-length" title='Read about this "code-point length" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>code-point length</a> of the value of the element's
                    920:   <code><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#textcontent" title='Read about this "textContent" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>textContent</a></code> IDL attribute is equal to or less than the
1.160     mike      921:   element's <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#maximum-allowed-value-length" id="maximum-allowed-value-length-3">maximum allowed value length</a>.<p>The <dfn id="attr-textarea-required" title="attr-textarea-required"><code>required</code></dfn> attribute
1.156     mike      922:   is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute" id="boolean-attribute-18">boolean attribute</a>. When specified, the user will
1.9       mike      923:   be required to enter a value before submitting the form.</p><!-- similar text in the <input> section --><p>The <dfn id="attr-textarea-placeholder" title="attr-textarea-placeholder"><code>placeholder</code></dfn>
                    924:   attribute represents a hint (a word or short phrase) intended to aid
                    925:   the user with data entry. A hint could be a sample value or a brief
                    926:   description of the expected format. The attribute, if specified,
                    927:   must have a value that contains no U+000A LINE FEED (LF) or U+000D
1.160     mike      928:   CARRIAGE RETURN (CR) characters.<p class="note">For a longer hint or other advisory text, the <code title="attr-title"><a href="elements.html#the-title-attribute" id="title-26">title</a></code> attribute is more appropriate.<p>The <code title="attr-textarea-placeholder"><a href="#attr-textarea-placeholder" id="placeholder-29">placeholder</a></code>
1.9       mike      929:   attribute should not be used as an alternative to a
1.262     mike      930:   <code><a href="forms.html#the-label-element" id="label-16">label</a></code>.<p>The <code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-54">form</a></code> attribute is used to
1.234     mike      931:   explicitly associate the <code><a href="#the-textarea-element" id="textarea-27">textarea</a></code> element with its
1.156     mike      932:   <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#form-owner" id="form-owner-10">form owner</a>. The <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-name" id="name-42">name</a></code>
                    933:   attribute represents the element's name. The <code title="attr-fe-disabled"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-disabled" id="disabled-17">disabled</a></code> attribute is used to make
1.9       mike      934:   the control non-interactive and to prevent its value from being
1.156     mike      935:   submitted. The <code title="attr-fe-autofocus"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-autofocus" id="autofocus-6">autofocus</a></code>
1.160     mike      936:   attribute controls focus.<dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">textarea</var> . <code title="attr-textarea-type">type</code></dt>
1.9       mike      937: 
                    938:    <dd>
                    939: 
                    940:     <p>Returns the string "<code title="">textarea</code>".</p>
                    941: 
                    942:    </dd>
                    943: 
                    944:    <dt><var title="">textarea</var> . <code title="attr-textarea-value">value</code></dt>
                    945: 
                    946:    <dd>
                    947: 
                    948:     <p>Returns the current value of the element.</p>
                    949: 
                    950:     <p>Can be set, to change the value.</p>
                    951: 
                    952:    </dd>
                    953: 
                    954:   </dl><div class="example">
                    955: 
1.234     mike      956:    <p>Here is an example of a <code><a href="#the-textarea-element" id="textarea-28">textarea</a></code> being used for
1.9       mike      957:    unrestricted free-form text input in a form:</p>
                    958: 
                    959:    <pre>&lt;p&gt;If you have any comments, please let us know: &lt;textarea cols=80 name=comments&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</pre>
                    960: 
1.202     mike      961:   </div><h4 id="the-keygen-element"><span class="secno">4.10.14 </span>The <dfn><code>keygen</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.258     mike      962:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content-127">Flow content</a>.</dd>
                    963:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-140">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.156     mike      964:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#interactive-content" id="interactive-content-18">Interactive content</a>.</dd>
1.202     mike      965:    <dd><a href="forms.html#category-listed" id="category-listed-8" title="category-listed">Listed</a>, <a href="forms.html#category-label" id="category-label-6" title="category-label">labelable</a>, <a href="forms.html#category-submit" id="category-submit-7" title="category-submit">submittable</a>, and <a href="forms.html#category-reset" id="category-reset-4" title="category-reset">resettable</a> <a href="forms.html#form-associated-element" id="form-associated-element-12">form-associated element</a>.</dd>
1.203     mike      966:    <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.258     mike      967:    <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-141">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.9       mike      968:    <dt>Content model:</dt>
                    969:    <dd>Empty.</dd>
                    970:    <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.258     mike      971:    <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes-92">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.156     mike      972:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-autofocus"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-autofocus" id="autofocus-7">autofocus</a></code></dd>
                    973:    <dd><code title="attr-keygen-challenge"><a href="#attr-keygen-challenge" id="challenge">challenge</a></code></dd>
                    974:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-disabled"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-disabled" id="disabled-18">disabled</a></code></dd>
1.262     mike      975:    <dd><code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-55">form</a></code></dd>
1.156     mike      976:    <dd><code title="attr-keygen-keytype"><a href="#attr-keygen-keytype" id="keytype">keytype</a></code></dd>
                    977:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-name" id="name-43">name</a></code></dd>
1.9       mike      978:    <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
                    979:    <dd>
1.258     mike      980: <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlkeygenelement">HTMLKeygenElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-103">HTMLElement</a> {
1.162     mike      981:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-autofocus" title='Read about this "autofocus" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>autofocus</a>;
                    982:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-keygen-challenge" title='Read about this "challenge" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>challenge</a>;
                    983:            attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-disabled" title='Read about this "disabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>disabled</a>;
                    984:   readonly attribute <a href="forms.html#htmlformelement" id="htmlformelement-9">HTMLFormElement</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fae-form" title='Read about this "form" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>form</a>;
                    985:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-keygen-keytype" title='Read about this "keytype" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>keytype</a>;
                    986:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-name" title='Read about this "name" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>name</a>;
                    987: 
                    988:   readonly attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-keygen-type" title='Read about this "type" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>type</a>;
                    989: 
                    990:   readonly attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-willvalidate" title='Read about this "willValidate" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>willValidate</a>;
                    991:   readonly attribute <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#validitystate" title='Read about this "ValidityState" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>ValidityState</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-validity" title='Read about this "validity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>validity</a>;
                    992:   readonly attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-validationmessage" title='Read about this "validationMessage" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>validationMessage</a>;
                    993:   boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-checkvalidatity" title='Read about this "checkValidity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>checkValidity</a>();
                    994:   void <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-setcustomvalidity" title='Read about this "setCustomValidity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>setCustomValidity</a>(in DOMString error);
1.9       mike      995: 
1.162     mike      996:   readonly attribute <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#nodelist" title='Read about this "NodeList" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>NodeList</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#dom-lfe-labels" title='Read about this "labels" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>labels</a>;
1.9       mike      997: };</pre>
                    998:    </dd>
1.190     mike      999:   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-keygen-element" id="keygen-12">keygen</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> a key
1.9       mike     1000:   pair generator control. When the control's form is submitted, the
                   1001:   private key is stored in the local keystore, and the public key is
1.160     mike     1002:   packaged and sent to the server.<p>The <dfn id="attr-keygen-challenge" title="attr-keygen-challenge"><code>challenge</code></dfn> attribute
1.9       mike     1003:   may be specified. Its value will be packaged with the submitted
1.160     mike     1004:   key.<p>The <dfn id="attr-keygen-keytype" title="attr-keygen-keytype"><code>keytype</code></dfn>
1.156     mike     1005:   attribute is an <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#enumerated-attribute" id="enumerated-attribute-10">enumerated attribute</a>. The following
1.160     mike     1006:   table lists the keywords and states for the attribute &mdash; the
1.9       mike     1007:   keywords in the left column map to the states listed in the cell in
                   1008:   the second column on the same row as the keyword. User agents are
1.26      mike     1009:   not required to support these values, and must only recognize values
1.160     mike     1010:   whose corresponding algorithms they support.<table><thead><tr><th> Keyword <th> State
                   1011:    <tbody><tr><td> <code title="">rsa</code>
                   1012:      <td> <i title="">RSA</i>
1.9       mike     1013: <!-- v2 (see below)
                   1014:     <tr>
                   1015:      <td> <code title="">ec</code>
                   1016:      <td> <i title="">EC</i>
                   1017: -->
1.160     mike     1018:   </table><p>The <i>invalid value default</i> state is the <i title="">unknown</i> state. The <i>missing value default</i> state
                   1019:   is the <i title="">RSA</i> state, if it is supported, or the <i title="">unknown</i> state otherwise.<p class="note">This specification does not specify what key types
                   1020:   user agents are to support &mdash; it is possible for a user agent
1.262     mike     1021:   to not support any key types at all.<p>The <code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-56">form</a></code> attribute is used to
1.190     mike     1022:   explicitly associate the <code><a href="#the-keygen-element" id="keygen-13">keygen</a></code> element with its
1.156     mike     1023:   <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#form-owner" id="form-owner-11">form owner</a>. The <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-name" id="name-44">name</a></code>
                   1024:   attribute represents the element's name. The <code title="attr-fe-disabled"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-disabled" id="disabled-19">disabled</a></code> attribute is used to make
1.9       mike     1025:   the control non-interactive and to prevent its value from being
1.156     mike     1026:   submitted. The <code title="attr-fe-autofocus"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-autofocus" id="autofocus-8">autofocus</a></code>
1.160     mike     1027:   attribute controls focus.<dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">keygen</var> . <code title="attr-keygen-type">type</code></dt>
1.9       mike     1028: 
                   1029:    <dd>
                   1030: 
                   1031:     <p>Returns the string "<code title="">keygen</code>".</p>
                   1032: 
                   1033:    </dd>
                   1034: 
                   1035:   </dl><p class="note">This specification does not specify how the private
                   1036:   key generated is to be used. It is expected that after receiving the
1.162     mike     1037:   <code><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#signedpublickeyandchallenge" title='Read about this "SignedPublicKeyAndChallenge" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>SignedPublicKeyAndChallenge</a></code> (SPKAC) structure, the
1.9       mike     1038:   server will generate a client certificate and offer it back to the
                   1039:   user for download; this certificate, once downloaded and stored in
                   1040:   the key store along with the private key, can then be used to
1.88      mike     1041:   authenticate to services that use TLS and certificate
1.9       mike     1042:   authentication.</p><!-- how does the UA know which private key is associated with a
                   1043:   certificate it gets back after the server has taken the public key
                   1044:   created by <keygen> and turned it into a client cert? --><div class="example">
                   1045: 
                   1046:    <p>To generate a key pair, add the private key to the user's key
                   1047:    store, and submit the public key to the server, markup such as the
                   1048:    following can be used:</p>
                   1049: 
1.22      mike     1050:    <pre>&lt;form action="processkey.cgi" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"&gt;
1.9       mike     1051:  &lt;p&gt;&lt;keygen name="key"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   1052:  &lt;p&gt;&lt;input type=submit value="Submit key..."&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   1053: &lt;/form&gt;</pre>
                   1054: 
                   1055:    <p>The server will then receive a form submission with a packaged
                   1056:    RSA public key as the value of "<code title="">key</code>". This
                   1057:    can then be used for various purposes, such as generating a client
                   1058:    certificate, as mentioned above.</p>
                   1059: 
1.202     mike     1060:   </div><h4 id="the-output-element"><span class="secno">4.10.15 </span>The <dfn><code>output</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.258     mike     1061:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content-128">Flow content</a>.</dd>
                   1062:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-142">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.202     mike     1063:    <dd><a href="forms.html#category-listed" id="category-listed-9" title="category-listed">Listed</a>, <a href="forms.html#category-label" id="category-label-7" title="category-label">labelable</a>, and <a href="forms.html#category-reset" id="category-reset-5" title="category-reset">resettable</a> <a href="forms.html#form-associated-element" id="form-associated-element-13">form-associated element</a>.</dd>
1.203     mike     1064:    <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.258     mike     1065:    <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-143">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.9       mike     1066:    <dt>Content model:</dt>
1.258     mike     1067:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-144">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.9       mike     1068:    <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.258     mike     1069:    <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes-93">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.156     mike     1070:    <dd><code title="attr-output-for"><a href="#attr-output-for" id="for-2">for</a></code></dd>
1.262     mike     1071:    <dd><code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-57">form</a></code></dd>
1.156     mike     1072:    <dd><code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-name" id="name-45">name</a></code></dd>
1.9       mike     1073:    <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
                   1074:    <dd>
1.258     mike     1075: <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmloutputelement">HTMLOutputElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-104">HTMLElement</a> {
1.167     mike     1076:   [PutForwards=<a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/common-dom-interfaces.html#dom-domsettabletokenlist-value" title='Read about this "value" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>value</a>] readonly attribute <a href="urls.html#domsettabletokenlist" id="domsettabletokenlist-5">DOMSettableTokenList</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-output-htmlfor" title='Read about this "htmlFor" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>htmlFor</a>;
1.162     mike     1077:   readonly attribute <a href="forms.html#htmlformelement" id="htmlformelement-10">HTMLFormElement</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fae-form" title='Read about this "form" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>form</a>;
                   1078:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fe-name" title='Read about this "name" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>name</a>;
                   1079: 
                   1080:   readonly attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-output-type" title='Read about this "type" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>type</a>;
                   1081:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-output-defaultvalue" title='Read about this "defaultValue" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>defaultValue</a>;
                   1082:            attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-output-value" title='Read about this "value" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>value</a>;
                   1083: 
                   1084:   readonly attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-willvalidate" title='Read about this "willValidate" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>willValidate</a>;
                   1085:   readonly attribute <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#validitystate" title='Read about this "ValidityState" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>ValidityState</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-validity" title='Read about this "validity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>validity</a>;
                   1086:   readonly attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-validationmessage" title='Read about this "validationMessage" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>validationMessage</a>;
                   1087:   boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-checkvalidatity" title='Read about this "checkValidity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>checkValidity</a>();
                   1088:   void <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-cva-setcustomvalidity" title='Read about this "setCustomValidity" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>setCustomValidity</a>(in DOMString error);
1.11      mike     1089: 
1.162     mike     1090:   readonly attribute <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#nodelist" title='Read about this "NodeList" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>NodeList</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#dom-lfe-labels" title='Read about this "labels" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>labels</a>;
1.9       mike     1091: };</pre>
                   1092:    </dd>
1.162     mike     1093:   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-output-element" id="output-11">output</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> the result of a
1.160     mike     1094:   calculation.<p>The <dfn id="attr-output-for" title="attr-output-for"><code>for</code></dfn> content
1.9       mike     1095:   attribute allows an explicit relationship to be made between the
                   1096:   result of a calculation and the elements that represent the values
                   1097:   that went into the calculation or that otherwise influenced the
1.156     mike     1098:   calculation. The <code title="attr-output-for"><a href="#attr-output-for" id="for-3">for</a></code> attribute,
                   1099:   if specified, must contain a string consisting of an <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#unordered-set-of-unique-space-separated-tokens" id="unordered-set-of-unique-space-separated-tokens-2">unordered
1.265     mike     1100:   set of unique space-separated tokens</a> that are
                   1101:   <a href="infrastructure.html#case-sensitive" id="case-sensitive-5">case-sensitive</a>, each of which must have the value of an
                   1102:   <a href="elements.html#concept-id" id="concept-id-19" title="concept-id">ID</a> of an element in the same
1.262     mike     1103:   <code><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#document" title='Read about this "Document" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Document</a></code>.<p>The <code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-58">form</a></code> attribute is used to
1.156     mike     1104:   explicitly associate the <code><a href="#the-output-element" id="output-12">output</a></code> element with its
                   1105:   <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#form-owner" id="form-owner-12">form owner</a>. The <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fe-name" id="name-46">name</a></code>
1.162     mike     1106:   attribute represents the element's name.<dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">output</var> . <code title="dom-output-value"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-output-value" title='Read about this "value" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>value</a></code> [ = <var title="">value</var> ]</dt>
1.9       mike     1107: 
                   1108:    <dd>
                   1109: 
                   1110:     <p>Returns the element's current value.</p>
                   1111: 
                   1112:     <p>Can be set, to change the value.</p>
                   1113: 
                   1114:    </dd>
                   1115: 
1.162     mike     1116:    <dt><var title="">output</var> . <code title="dom-output-defaultValue"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-output-defaultvalue" title='Read about this "defaultValue" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>defaultValue</a></code> [ = <var title="">value</var> ]</dt>
1.9       mike     1117: 
                   1118:    <dd>
                   1119: 
                   1120:     <p>Returns the element's current default value.</p>
                   1121: 
                   1122:     <p>Can be set, to change the default value.</p>
                   1123: 
                   1124:    </dd>
                   1125: 
1.162     mike     1126:    <dt><var title="">output</var> . <code title="dom-output-type"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-output-type" title='Read about this "type" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>type</a></code></dt>
1.9       mike     1127: 
                   1128:    <dd>
                   1129: 
                   1130:     <p>Returns the string "<code title="">output</code>".</p>
                   1131: 
                   1132:    </dd>
                   1133: 
                   1134:   </dl><div class="example">
                   1135: 
1.156     mike     1136:    <p>A simple calculator could use <code><a href="#the-output-element" id="output-13">output</a></code> for its
1.9       mike     1137:    display of calculated results:</p>
                   1138: 
                   1139:    <pre>&lt;form onsubmit="return false"&gt;
                   1140:  &lt;input name=a type=number step=any&gt; +
                   1141:  &lt;input name=b type=number step=any&gt; =
1.32      mike     1142:  &lt;output onforminput="value = a.valueAsNumber + b.valueAsNumber"&gt;&lt;/output&gt;
1.9       mike     1143: &lt;/form&gt;</pre>
                   1144: 
1.202     mike     1145:   </div><h4 id="the-progress-element"><span class="secno">4.10.16 </span>The <dfn><code>progress</code></dfn> element</h4><p class="XXX annotation"><span><a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/96">ISSUE-96</a> (progress) blocks progress to Last Call</span><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.258     mike     1146:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content-129">Flow content</a>.</dd>
                   1147:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-145">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.202     mike     1148:    <dd><a href="forms.html#category-label" id="category-label-8" title="category-label">Labelable</a> <a href="forms.html#form-associated-element" id="form-associated-element-14">form-associated element</a>.</dd>
1.203     mike     1149:    <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.258     mike     1150:    <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-146">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.11      mike     1151:    <dt>Content model:</dt>
1.258     mike     1152:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-147">Phrasing content</a>, but there must be no <code><a href="#the-progress-element" id="progress-8">progress</a></code> element descendants.</dd>
1.11      mike     1153:    <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.258     mike     1154:    <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes-94">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.255     mike     1155:    <dd><code title="attr-progress-value"><a href="#attr-progress-value" id="value-38">value</a></code></dd>
1.156     mike     1156:    <dd><code title="attr-progress-max"><a href="#attr-progress-max" id="max-36">max</a></code></dd>
1.262     mike     1157:    <dd><code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-59">form</a></code></dd>
1.11      mike     1158:    <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
                   1159:    <dd>
1.258     mike     1160: <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlprogresselement">HTMLProgressElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-105">HTMLElement</a> {
1.197     mike     1161:            attribute double <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-progress-value" title='Read about this "value" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>value</a>;
                   1162:            attribute double <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-progress-max" title='Read about this "max" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>max</a>;
                   1163:   readonly attribute double <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-progress-position" title='Read about this "position" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>position</a>;
1.162     mike     1164:   readonly attribute <a href="forms.html#htmlformelement" id="htmlformelement-11">HTMLFormElement</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fae-form" title='Read about this "form" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>form</a>;
                   1165:   readonly attribute <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#nodelist" title='Read about this "NodeList" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>NodeList</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#dom-lfe-labels" title='Read about this "labels" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>labels</a>;
1.11      mike     1166: };</pre>
                   1167:    </dd>
1.162     mike     1168:   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-progress-element" id="progress-9">progress</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> the
1.11      mike     1169:   completion progress of a task. The progress is either indeterminate,
                   1170:   indicating that progress is being made but that it is not clear how
                   1171:   much more work remains to be done before the task is complete
                   1172:   (e.g. because the task is waiting for a remote host to respond), or
                   1173:   the progress is a number in the range zero to a maximum, giving the
1.160     mike     1174:   fraction of work that has so far been completed.<p>There are two attributes that determine the current task
                   1175:   completion represented by the element.<p>The <dfn id="attr-progress-value" title="attr-progress-value"><code>value</code></dfn>
1.11      mike     1176:   attribute specifies how much of the task has been completed, and the
                   1177:   <dfn id="attr-progress-max" title="attr-progress-max"><code>max</code></dfn> attribute
                   1178:   specifies how much work the task requires in total. The units are
1.160     mike     1179:   arbitrary and not specified.<p>Authors are encouraged to also include the current value and the
1.11      mike     1180:   maximum value inline as text inside the element, so that the
1.160     mike     1181:   progress is made available to users of legacy user agents.<div class="example">
1.11      mike     1182:    <p>Here is a snippet of a Web application that shows the progress
                   1183:    of some automated task:</p>
                   1184:    <pre>&lt;section&gt;
                   1185:  &lt;h2&gt;Task Progress&lt;/h2&gt;
                   1186:  &lt;p&gt;Progress: &lt;progress id="p" max=100&gt;&lt;span&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;%&lt;/progress&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   1187:  &lt;script&gt;
                   1188:   var progressBar = document.getElementById('p');
                   1189:   function updateProgress(newValue) {
                   1190:     progressBar.value = newValue;
                   1191:     progressBar.getElementsByTagName('span')[0].textContent = newValue;
                   1192:   }
                   1193:  &lt;/script&gt;
                   1194: &lt;/section&gt;</pre>
                   1195:    <p>(The <code>updateProgress()</code> method in this example would
                   1196:    be called by some other code on the page to update the actual
                   1197:    progress bar as the task progressed.)</p>
1.255     mike     1198:   </div><p>The <code title="attr-progress-value"><a href="#attr-progress-value" id="value-39">value</a></code> and <code title="attr-progress-max"><a href="#attr-progress-max" id="max-37">max</a></code> attributes, when present, must
1.156     mike     1199:   have values that are <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#valid-floating-point-number" id="valid-floating-point-number-9" title="valid floating point number">valid
1.255     mike     1200:   floating point numbers</a>. The <code title="attr-progress-value"><a href="#attr-progress-value" id="value-40">value</a></code> attribute, if present, must
1.11      mike     1201:   have a value equal to or greater than zero, and less than or equal
1.156     mike     1202:   to the value of the <code title="attr-progress-max"><a href="#attr-progress-max" id="max-38">max</a></code>
                   1203:   attribute, if present, or 1.0, otherwise. The <code title="attr-progress-max"><a href="#attr-progress-max" id="max-39">max</a></code> attribute, if present, must
1.160     mike     1204:   have a value greater than zero.<p class="note">The <code><a href="#the-progress-element" id="progress-10">progress</a></code> element is the wrong
1.11      mike     1205:   element to use for something that is just a gauge, as opposed to
                   1206:   task progress. For instance, indicating disk space usage using
1.156     mike     1207:   <code><a href="#the-progress-element" id="progress-11">progress</a></code> would be inappropriate. Instead, the
1.190     mike     1208:   <code><a href="#the-meter-element" id="meter-8">meter</a></code> element is available for such use cases.<dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">progress</var> . <code title="dom-progress-position"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-progress-position" title='Read about this "position" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>position</a></code></dt>
1.11      mike     1209: 
                   1210:    <dd>
                   1211: 
                   1212:     <p>For a determinate progress bar (one with known current and
                   1213:     maximum values), returns the result of dividing the current value
                   1214:     by the maximum value.</p>
                   1215: 
1.160     mike     1216:     <p>For an indeterminate progress bar, returns &minus;1.</p>
1.11      mike     1217: 
1.202     mike     1218:   </dl><h4 id="the-meter-element"><span class="secno">4.10.17 </span>The <dfn><code>meter</code></dfn> element</h4><p class="XXX annotation"><span><a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/97">ISSUE-97</a> (meter) blocks progress to Last Call</span></p><!-- Keep this after <progress> and NOT close to <time> --><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.258     mike     1219:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content-130">Flow content</a>.</dd>
                   1220:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-148">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.202     mike     1221:    <dd><a href="forms.html#category-label" id="category-label-9" title="category-label">Labelable</a> <a href="forms.html#form-associated-element" id="form-associated-element-15">form-associated element</a>.</dd>
1.203     mike     1222:    <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.258     mike     1223:    <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-149">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.11      mike     1224:    <dt>Content model:</dt>
1.258     mike     1225:    <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-150">Phrasing content</a>, but there must be no <code><a href="#the-meter-element" id="meter-9">meter</a></code> element descendants.</dd>
1.11      mike     1226:    <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.258     mike     1227:    <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes-95">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.255     mike     1228:    <dd><code title="attr-meter-value"><a href="#attr-meter-value" id="value-42">value</a></code></dd>
1.156     mike     1229:    <dd><code title="attr-meter-min"><a href="#attr-meter-min" id="min-38">min</a></code></dd>
                   1230:    <dd><code title="attr-meter-max"><a href="#attr-meter-max" id="max-41">max</a></code></dd>
                   1231:    <dd><code title="attr-meter-low"><a href="#attr-meter-low" id="low">low</a></code></dd>
                   1232:    <dd><code title="attr-meter-high"><a href="#attr-meter-high" id="high">high</a></code></dd>
                   1233:    <dd><code title="attr-meter-optimum"><a href="#attr-meter-optimum" id="optimum">optimum</a></code></dd>
1.262     mike     1234:    <dd><code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-60">form</a></code></dd>
1.11      mike     1235:    <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
                   1236:    <dd>
1.258     mike     1237: <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlmeterelement">HTMLMeterElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-106">HTMLElement</a> {
1.197     mike     1238:            attribute double <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-meter-value" title='Read about this "value" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>value</a>;
                   1239:            attribute double <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-meter-min" title='Read about this "min" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>min</a>;
                   1240:            attribute double <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-meter-max" title='Read about this "max" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>max</a>;
                   1241:            attribute double <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-meter-low" title='Read about this "low" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>low</a>;
                   1242:            attribute double <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-meter-high" title='Read about this "high" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>high</a>;
                   1243:            attribute double <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#dom-meter-optimum" title='Read about this "optimum" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>optimum</a>;
1.162     mike     1244:   readonly attribute <a href="forms.html#htmlformelement" id="htmlformelement-12">HTMLFormElement</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#dom-fae-form" title='Read about this "form" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>form</a>;
                   1245:   readonly attribute <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#nodelist" title='Read about this "NodeList" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>NodeList</a> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#dom-lfe-labels" title='Read about this "labels" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>labels</a>;
1.11      mike     1246: };</pre>
                   1247:    </dd>
1.190     mike     1248:   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-meter-element" id="meter-10">meter</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> a scalar
1.11      mike     1249:   measurement within a known range, or a fractional value; for example
                   1250:   disk usage, the relevance of a query result, or the fraction of a
1.190     mike     1251:   voting population to have selected a particular candidate.<p>This is also known as a gauge.<p class="note">The <code><a href="#the-meter-element" id="meter-11">meter</a></code> element should not be used to
1.11      mike     1252:   indicate progress (as in a progress bar). For that role, HTML
1.190     mike     1253:   provides a separate <code><a href="#the-progress-element" id="progress-12">progress</a></code> element.<p class="note">The <code><a href="#the-meter-element" id="meter-12">meter</a></code> element also does not
1.160     mike     1254:   represent a scalar value of arbitrary range &mdash; for example, it
1.11      mike     1255:   would be wrong to use this to report a weight, or height, unless
1.160     mike     1256:   there is a known maximum value.<p>There are six attributes that determine the semantics of the
                   1257:   gauge represented by the element.<p>The <dfn id="attr-meter-min" title="attr-meter-min"><code>min</code></dfn> attribute
1.11      mike     1258:   specifies the lower bound of the range, and the <dfn id="attr-meter-max" title="attr-meter-max"><code>max</code></dfn> attribute specifies
                   1259:   the upper bound. The <dfn id="attr-meter-value" title="attr-meter-value"><code>value</code></dfn> attribute
                   1260:   specifies the value to have the gauge indicate as the "measured"
1.160     mike     1261:   value.<p>The other three attributes can be used to segment the gauge's
1.11      mike     1262:   range into "low", "medium", and "high" parts, and to indicate which
                   1263:   part of the gauge is the "optimum" part. The <dfn id="attr-meter-low" title="attr-meter-low"><code>low</code></dfn> attribute specifies
                   1264:   the range that is considered to be the "low" part, and the <dfn id="attr-meter-high" title="attr-meter-high"><code>high</code></dfn> attribute specifies
                   1265:   the range that is considered to be the "high" part. The <dfn id="attr-meter-optimum" title="attr-meter-optimum"><code>optimum</code></dfn> attribute
                   1266:   gives the position that is "optimum"; if that is higher than the
                   1267:   "high" value  then this indicates that the higher the value, the
                   1268:   better; if it's lower than the "low" mark then it indicates that
                   1269:   lower values are better, and naturally if it is in between then it
1.255     mike     1270:   indicates that neither high nor low values are good.<p> The <code title="attr-meter-value"><a href="#attr-meter-value" id="value-43">value</a></code> attribute must be
                   1271:   specified. The <code title="attr-meter-value"><a href="#attr-meter-value" id="value-44">value</a></code>, <code title="attr-meter-min"><a href="#attr-meter-min" id="min-39">min</a></code>, <code title="attr-meter-low"><a href="#attr-meter-low" id="low-0">low</a></code>, <code title="attr-meter-high"><a href="#attr-meter-high" id="high-0">high</a></code>, <code title="attr-meter-max"><a href="#attr-meter-max" id="max-42">max</a></code>, and <code title="attr-meter-optimum"><a href="#attr-meter-optimum" id="optimum-0">optimum</a></code> attributes, when present,
1.156     mike     1272:   must have values that are <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#valid-floating-point-number" id="valid-floating-point-number-10" title="valid floating point
1.255     mike     1273:   number">valid floating point numbers</a>.<p>In addition, the attributes' values are further constrained:<p>Let <var title="">value</var> be the <code title="attr-meter-value"><a href="#attr-meter-value" id="value-45">value</a></code> attribute's number.<p>If the <code title="attr-meter-min"><a href="#attr-meter-min" id="min-40">min</a></code> attribute
1.11      mike     1274:   attribute is specified, then let <var title="">minimum</var> be that
1.160     mike     1275:   attribute's value; otherwise, let it be zero.<p>If the <code title="attr-meter-max"><a href="#attr-meter-max" id="max-43">max</a></code> attribute
1.11      mike     1276:   attribute is specified, then let <var title="">maximum</var> be that
1.160     mike     1277:   attribute's value; otherwise, let it be 1.0.<p>The following inequalities must hold, as applicable:<ul class="brief"><li><var title="">minimum</var> &le; <var title="">value</var> &le; <var title="">maximum</var></li>
                   1278:    <li><var title="">minimum</var> &le; <code title="attr-meter-low"><a href="#attr-meter-low" id="low-1">low</a></code> &le; <var title="">maximum</var> (if <code title="attr-meter-low"><a href="#attr-meter-low" id="low-2">low</a></code> is specified)</li>
                   1279:    <li><var title="">minimum</var> &le; <code title="attr-meter-high"><a href="#attr-meter-high" id="high-1">high</a></code> &le; <var title="">maximum</var> (if <code title="attr-meter-high"><a href="#attr-meter-high" id="high-2">high</a></code> is specified)</li>
                   1280:    <li><var title="">minimum</var> &le; <code title="attr-meter-optimum"><a href="#attr-meter-optimum" id="optimum-1">optimum</a></code> &le; <var title="">maximum</var> (if <code title="attr-meter-optimum"><a href="#attr-meter-optimum" id="optimum-2">optimum</a></code> is specified)</li>
                   1281:    <li><code title="attr-meter-low"><a href="#attr-meter-low" id="low-3">low</a></code> &le; <code title="attr-meter-high"><a href="#attr-meter-high" id="high-3">high</a></code> (if both <code title="attr-meter-low"><a href="#attr-meter-low" id="low-4">low</a></code> and <code title="attr-meter-high"><a href="#attr-meter-high" id="high-4">high</a></code> are specified)</li>
1.21      mike     1282:   </ul><p class="note">If no minimum or maximum is specified, then the
1.11      mike     1283:   range is assumed to be 0..1, and the value thus has to be within
1.160     mike     1284:   that range.<p>Authors are encouraged to include a textual representation of the
1.11      mike     1285:   gauge's state in the element's contents, for users of user agents
1.190     mike     1286:   that do not support the <code><a href="#the-meter-element" id="meter-13">meter</a></code> element.<div class="example">
1.11      mike     1287: 
                   1288:    <p>The following examples show three gauges that would all be
                   1289:    three-quarters full:</p>
                   1290: 
                   1291:    <pre>Storage space usage: &lt;meter value=6 max=8&gt;6 blocks used (out of 8 total)&lt;/meter&gt;
                   1292: Voter turnout: &lt;meter value=0.75&gt;&lt;img alt="75%" src="graph75.png"&gt;&lt;/meter&gt;
                   1293: Tickets sold: &lt;meter min="0" max="100" value="75"&gt;&lt;/meter&gt;</pre>
                   1294: 
                   1295:    <p>The following example is incorrect use of the element, because
                   1296:    it doesn't give a range (and since the default maximum is 1, both
                   1297:    of the gauges would end up looking maxed out):</p>
                   1298: 
                   1299:    <pre class="bad">&lt;p&gt;The grapefruit pie had a radius of &lt;meter value=12&gt;12cm&lt;/meter&gt;
                   1300: and a height of &lt;meter value=2&gt;2cm&lt;/meter&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!-- <strong>BAD!</strong> --&gt;</pre>
                   1301: 
                   1302:    <p>Instead, one would either not include the meter element, or use
                   1303:    the meter element with a defined range to give the dimensions in
                   1304:    context compared to other pies:</p>
                   1305: 
                   1306:    <pre>&lt;p&gt;The grapefruit pie had a radius of 12cm and a height of
                   1307: 2cm.&lt;/p&gt;
                   1308: &lt;dl&gt;
                   1309:  &lt;dt&gt;Radius: &lt;dd&gt; &lt;meter min=0 max=20 value=12&gt;12cm&lt;/meter&gt;
                   1310:  &lt;dt&gt;Height: &lt;dd&gt; &lt;meter min=0 max=10 value=2&gt;2cm&lt;/meter&gt;
                   1311: &lt;/dl&gt;</pre>
                   1312: 
                   1313:   </div><p>There is no explicit way to specify units in the
1.190     mike     1314:   <code><a href="#the-meter-element" id="meter-14">meter</a></code> element, but the units may be specified in the
1.160     mike     1315:   <code title="attr-title"><a href="elements.html#the-title-attribute" id="title-27">title</a></code> attribute in free-form text.<div class="example">
1.11      mike     1316: 
                   1317:    <p>The example above could be extended to mention the units:</p>
                   1318: 
                   1319:    <pre>&lt;dl&gt;
                   1320:  &lt;dt&gt;Radius: &lt;dd&gt; &lt;meter min=0 max=20 value=12 title="centimeters"&gt;12cm&lt;/meter&gt;
                   1321:  &lt;dt&gt;Height: &lt;dd&gt; &lt;meter min=0 max=10 value=2 title="centimeters"&gt;2cm&lt;/meter&gt;
                   1322: &lt;/dl&gt;</pre>
                   1323: 
                   1324:   </div><div class="example">
                   1325:    <p>The following markup:</p>
                   1326:    <pre>&lt;h3&gt;Suggested groups&lt;/h3&gt;
                   1327: &lt;menu type="toolbar"&gt;
                   1328:  &lt;a href="?cmd=hsg" onclick="hideSuggestedGroups()"&gt;Hide suggested groups&lt;/a&gt;
                   1329: &lt;/menu&gt;
                   1330: &lt;ul&gt;
                   1331:  &lt;li&gt;
                   1332:   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/group/comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets/view"&gt;comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets&lt;/a&gt; -
                   1333:      &lt;a href="/group/comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets/subscribe"&gt;join&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   1334:   &lt;p&gt;Group description: &lt;strong&gt;Layout/presentation on the WWW.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   1335:   &lt;p&gt;<strong>&lt;meter value="0.5"&gt;Moderate activity,&lt;/meter&gt;</strong> Usenet, 618 subscribers&lt;/p&gt;
                   1336:  &lt;/li&gt;
                   1337:  &lt;li&gt;
                   1338:   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/group/netscape.public.mozilla.xpinstall/view"&gt;netscape.public.mozilla.xpinstall&lt;/a&gt; -
                   1339:      &lt;a href="/group/netscape.public.mozilla.xpinstall/subscribe"&gt;join&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   1340:   &lt;p&gt;Group description: &lt;strong&gt;Mozilla XPInstall discussion.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   1341:   &lt;p&gt;<strong>&lt;meter value="0.25"&gt;Low activity,&lt;/meter&gt;</strong> Usenet, 22 subscribers&lt;/p&gt;
                   1342:  &lt;/li&gt;
                   1343:  &lt;li&gt;
                   1344:   &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/group/mozilla.dev.general/view"&gt;mozilla.dev.general&lt;/a&gt; -
                   1345:      &lt;a href="/group/mozilla.dev.general/subscribe"&gt;join&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                   1346:   &lt;p&gt;<strong>&lt;meter value="0.25"&gt;Low activity,&lt;/meter&gt;</strong> Usenet, 66 subscribers&lt;/p&gt;
                   1347:  &lt;/li&gt;
                   1348: &lt;/ul&gt;</pre>
                   1349:    <p>Might be rendered as follows:</p>
1.203     mike     1350:    <p><img alt="With the <meter> elements rendered as inline green bars of varying lengths." height="178" src="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/images/sample-meter.png" width="332"></p>
1.13      mike     1351:   </div><p>User agents  combine the value of
1.156     mike     1352:   the <code title="attr-title"><a href="elements.html#the-title-attribute" id="title-28">title</a></code> attribute and the other
1.11      mike     1353:   attributes to provide context-sensitive help or inline text
1.160     mike     1354:   detailing the actual values.<div class="example">
1.11      mike     1355:    <p>For example, the following snippet:</p>
                   1356:    <pre>&lt;meter min=0 max=60 value=23.2 title=seconds&gt;&lt;/meter&gt;</pre>
                   1357:    <p>...might cause the user agent to display a gauge with a tooltip
                   1358:    saying "Value: 23.2 out of 60." on one line and "seconds" on a
                   1359:    second line.</p>
1.262     mike     1360:   </div><p>The <code title="attr-fae-form"><a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#attr-fae-form" id="form-61">form</a></code> attribute is used to
1.190     mike     1361:   explicitly associate the <code><a href="#the-meter-element" id="meter-15">meter</a></code> element with its
1.160     mike     1362:   <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#form-owner" id="form-owner-13">form owner</a>.<div class="example">
1.11      mike     1363: 
                   1364:    <p>The following example shows how a gauge could fall back to
                   1365:    localized or pretty-printed text.</p>
                   1366: 
1.160     mike     1367:    <pre>&lt;p&gt;Disk usage: &lt;meter min=0 value=170261928 max=233257824&gt;170&thinsp;261&thinsp;928 bytes used
                   1368: out of 233&thinsp;257&thinsp;824 bytes available&lt;/meter&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</pre>
1.11      mike     1369: 
1.160     mike     1370:   </div>

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